The principal order of business will be to elect four members to serve two-year terms on the Board of Directors from July 2021 to June 2023. We are fortunate to have four well-known, very qualified candidates, all of whom are currently serving on the Board, and who have been nominated by unanimous vote of the Directors on April 15th.
Tami Bell
Tami grew up in Marin City where his parents settled soon after World War II. He attended Marin City and Sausalito Schools, then Tamalpais High and the College of Marin. He received a B.S. in History from Cal, and a law degree from Hastings School of Law in San Francisco.
His professional career has led Tami between positions relating to social justice, and education as a classroom teacher and administrator.
In 2017, when the Sausalito Historical Society led Sausalito’s civic celebration of 75th Anniversary of the creation of Marinship, Tami participated in several productions as Joseph James, a singer who became a welder, challenging work rules which discriminated against African Americans. With the support of the NAACP, the California Supreme Court sided with Mr. James in a landmark Civil Rights case. Mr. Bell is continuing his role as Joseph James as part of the SHS Schools Program.
The SHS Board of Directors selected Tami to fill a vacancy on the Board in March 2021, and now has nominated him for a full term.
Stanford Hughes
Renowned architect Stanford Hughes is perhaps best known in Sausalito for his work on the renovation at Cavallo Point Lodge and his work on the Praca de Cascais in downtown Sausalito. Stanford earned his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon and attended the Masters of Architecture program at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to establishing BraytonHughes Design Studios in 1989, he was Associate Partner and Director of the Interior Design Studio at Skidmore Owings and Merrill in San Francisco. In addition to his work on Cavallo Point, he has been project designer for many historic renovations including the Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego; the Palace Hotel, San Francisco; the Casa Palmero Spa, Pebble Beach; the Stanford University Green Library; and the Olympic Club Lakeside Clubhouse. He has taught design at numerous colleges and universities, including the University of California, Berkeley and the California College of Arts & Crafts (where he was Chairman of the Interior Architecture Department from 1991 to 1993). He was a member of SFMOMA's acquisitions committee for the Architecture and Design Department, and served on the advisory board for the University of California's Extension Program for Interior Design. He is a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects. Locally, you may have heard him speak at the Sausalito Woman’s Club on the work of Julia Morgan, California’s first woman architect and the designer of their clubhouse - where his wife is a member. Stanford says, “History is something you cannot design.” He shares his hands on experience and knowledge of historic architecture with our community by adding his skills and expertise to the resources the Society provides for people researching Sausalito’s historic buildings.
Roberta Maloy
Roberta has lived in Sausalito for 30 years, and Marin County for even more. She is a member of the Sausalito Woman’s Club and serves on the board of the nonprofit Richardson’s Bay Maritime Association. She worked on the celebrations for the Marinship 75th anniversary. Currently she is the SHS secretary. A California native, she was born in Berkeley, raised in Arcata, got her MA and BA from San Francisco State University, worked in telecommunications finance management, and as the personal assistant and office administrator for Michael Rex Architects. She loves to sing, particularly as a member of the Blenders, a vocal trio that entertains around the Bay Area. She always enjoys learning more about Sausalito’s history, and is pleased to be asked to serve on the SHS board for another 2-year term. She has enjoyed sharing the Society with the residents of our wonderful Sausalito and Marin County while serving as Secretary of the SHS.
Nick Roby
Although I have lived most of my life in Sausalito, actually, I was born in Hong Kong while my father was working for Wells Fargo Bank. We returned to Sausalito when I was just six months old. I began my 'higher education' at the Sausalito Nursery School. I subsequently went to private schools in Marin & San Francisco. From five years old until I was ten or so, I spent my afternoons at the Bay Model Visitor Center while my mother worked on MARINSHIP 1942*1945, the museum exhibit about Sausalito's WWII shipyard. In high school, I volunteered at the kiosk downtown, which was just a damp wooden shed by the ferry landing at the time. After high school, I went to New York for college, C.W. Post, and then spent two years as a reporter for a local TV station. In the winter of 2004, during a blustery snowstorm, I asked myself, 'What am I doing here?' and moved back to Sausalito in April of that year. Since moving back, I have worked at Edelman Productions; KRON TV and subsequently for the past nine years have been at the Redwoods Retirement Community. My mother was on the SHS board 2004-2006 and throughout my entire life I have appreciated the role of the Society in the community. I think it is so important to know our heritage. It is an honor to serve on the Board in this wonderful community that I love so much!
HOW TO VOTE
YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS THIS YEAR:
YOU MAY VOTE BY EMAIL by replying to: info@sausalitohistoricalsociety.org (Clicking the link should generate an an email with the ballot . If that doesn't work, you can try the link again while viewing the newsletter in your browser, or just copy and paste the sections in red from the sample ballot below into an email, and indicate your votes with an X).
OR VOTE LIVE: exercise your vote during the on-line Annual Meeting, starting at 7:30 P.M. Pacific Daylight Savings Time. Meeting access information can be found at the start of this email.
SAMPLE BALLOT FOR VOTING BY E-MAIL
There are four vacancies for two year terms, effective July 2021 through June 2023. When you reply, please indicate each candidate from the list below you are voting for by typing an X.
Tami Bell
Stanford Hughes
Roberta Maloy
Nick Roby
As of this writing, April 20. 2021, the Board does not have any other items scheduled to be voted upon at the Annual Meeting, but in case something unforeseen arises, the Board requests that you assign your proxy to SHS Ambassador, and former Secretary, Sharon Seymour, so the Board would have enough votes to represent 10% of the current membership of approximately 262.
If you are voting by email and would like to assign your proxy to Sharon Seymour, please type an X after the statement below:
I assign my proxy to Sharon Seymour, SHS Ambassador, to represent me at the Annual Meeting on May 13 2021.